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Desktop Publishing Class 5

Desktop Publishing

What is Desktop Publishing?

Desktop publishing is the creation of documents by combining text and images and placing them on
a page creatively and effectively. A key feature is its ability to flow text around graphic objects in a
variety of ways.

Features of Desktop Publishing:
• Most DTP packages provide a large, ready-made range of professional looking templates to
quickly create a publication.
• Frames allow text and images to be freely moved around the page.
• Guidelines, margins and rulers are very useful for the exact placement of frames.

Documents created from Desktop Publishing program:

Following are some of the documents which can be created in a Desktop Publishing program:

• Magazines
• Newsletters
• Brochures
• Leaflets
• Greeting Cards
• Birthday Cards
• Posters

Desktop Publication Programs:

There are many programs which are specifically designed for Desktop Publishing, they include:

• Microsoft Publisher
• Adobe Framemaker
• EDraw Max
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Pagemaker
• iStudio publisher
• Open Office
• Quark Xpress

What is EDraw Max:

EDraw Max is a desktop publishing and typesetting software application produced by EDraw Soft. It
can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers,
presentations, books and e-books.

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